Share and Follow
Sunny Hostin made a return to The View on Tuesday, where she expressed her skepticism over Tucker Carlson’s recent shift in stance regarding Donald Trump. Hostin was quick to pour cold water on Carlson’s apparent regret after a segment aired featuring his apology for misleading viewers about his support for the former president on The Tucker Carlson Show.
“Whatever,” Hostin dismissed, clearly unconvinced. “I don’t believe him. He’s not getting a bear hug from me. The world is on fire, and you can’t just say, ‘Oopsies.’” Her skepticism seemed to stem from a history of events that she believes tarnish Carlson’s credibility.
Hostin pointed to the time when Fox News and Carlson parted ways after the network reached a substantial $787 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over a defamation lawsuit. She recalled that during the 2021 litigation, Carlson had texted someone expressing his deep disdain for Trump, saying he hated him passionately. Yet, just two years later, Carlson declared his intention to vote for Trump and even endorsed him in the 2024 presidential race.
“In 2021, you hated him, and now all of a sudden, you want me to forgive you for this situation? No thank you, Tucker Carlson,” Hostin declared, underscoring her disbelief in his sincerity. Her comments reflect a broader skepticism about the motivations behind Carlson’s recent change in rhetoric.
“During that litigation in 2021, he texted someone and said that he hated Trump passionately,” she continued. “And then, two years later, he said, ‘I’m voting for Trump.’ And then, in 2024, he endorsed him for president… In 2021, you hated him, and now all of a sudden, you want me to forgive you for this situation? No thank you, Tucker Carlson.”
Joy Behar teased, “You have to cut him some slack. He has what they call ‘liar’s remorse.’”
However, Behar added that Carlson called Jan. 6 insurrectionists “tourists,” noting that he also “described them as meek and orderly.”
“They were violent, if you remember,” she clarified. “It was not a Buddhist monk convention, okay? They were not meek and orderly. So he has lied about everything. He needs to make a whole list of all the things of he got wrong. Not just he’s sorry. I want to hear everything he said.”
Sara Haines sounded off on both Carlson and Megyn Kelly, criticizing the lengths they will go to for online engagement.
“Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly will say anything they have to, any point in the day, for clicks and money, and it does not matter what they’re saying,” she claimed. “Literally, Tucker Carlson recently hosted white nationalist Nick Fuentes, and pushed back, like, zero times almost, on really problematic views.”
Haines also cited Carlson’s interview with Russian president Vladimir Putin, where she said he “let him spread propaganda and did not push back,” and Carlson’s interview with podcaster Darryl Cooper, “allowing claims that Nazis lacked intent in the Holocaust.”
“Tucker Carlson will literally do, say anything for money, for clicks, for power. That man just needs to disappear,” she said.
The View airs on weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.